Chord Deathbed by Relient K

i wanted an easy , but accurate version of this song so i ended up writing the chords myself first one ever! . it’s such a lovely song and hope more people can enjoy it as A result of my chords! capo 5 C i can smell the death on the sheets C covering me C G i can’t believe this is the end G C but this is my deathbed D Em i lie here alone G C if i close my eyes tonight D G i know i’ll be home G Dm the year was nineteen forty one F i was eight years old and C far , far too young G to know that the stories Dm of battles and glory F was a tale a kind mother C made up for her son you see G Dm dad was a traveling preacher F C teaching the words of the teacher G my mother had sworn he Dm went off to the war F and died there with honor C somewhere on a beach there Em B but he left once to never return G A which taught me that i should unlearn C G whatever i thought a father should be A# i abandoned that thought A like he abandoned me A A9 by forty seven i was fourteen G D i’d acquired a taste for liquor and nicotine Dm A i smoked until i threw up E yet i still lit ’em up Emaj7 E7 for thirty more years A like a machine C G so right there you have it C G that one filthy habit Am G D is what got me where i Am today C i can smell the death on the sheets covering me C G D i can’t believe this is the end C i can hear those sad memories still haunting me , so many things C G D i’d do again G C but this is my deathbed D Em i lie here alone G C if i close my eyes tonight D G i know i’ll be home G Dm i got married on my twenty first F C eight months before my wife would give birth G Dm it’s easier to be sure you love someone F C when her father inquires with the barrel of a gun Em B the union was far from harmonious G A no two people could have been more alone than us C G the years would go by and she’d love someone else A# A and i realized i hadn’t been loved yet myself A A9 from there it’s your typical spiel G yeah if life was a highway D i was drunk at the wheel Dm i was seeing the loose ends A all fall apart E Emaj7 E7 yeah i swear i was destined to fail A and fail from the start C G i bowled about six times a week C G the bottle of beam kept the memories from me C G the marriage had taken a seven - ten split Am G D and along with my pride the ex - wife took the kids C i can smell the death on the sheets , covering me C G D i can’t believe this is the end C i can hear those sad memories still haunting me so many things C G D i’d do again G C but this is my deathbed D Em i lie here alone G C if i close my eyes tonight D G i know i’ll be home G i was so scared of jesus Dm but he sought me out F like the cancer in my lungs C that’s killing me now G and i’ve given up hope Dm on the days i have left F but i cling to the hope C of my life in the next Em then jesus showed up B said , "before we go up G A i thought that we might reminisce C see one night in your life G when you turned out the light A# A you asked for and prayed for my forgiveness" A you cried wolf F#m E the tears they soaked your fur D Bm the blood dripped from your fangs A E you said , "what have i done?" Bm you loved that lamb A F#m with every sinful bone E and there you wept alone Bm E your heart was so contrite Bm A D you said , "jesus , please forgive me of my crimes Bm A D sanctify this withered heart of mine Bm A D stay with me until my life is through Bm A D and on that day please take me home with you" D i can smell the death on the sheets covering me A E i can’t believe this is the end D i can hear you whisper to me , "it’s time to leave A E you’ll never be lonely again" A D but this was my deathbed E F#m i died there alone A D when i closed my eyes tonight E D you carried me home instrumental : D A x many times jon foreman A C#m i Am the way F#m follow me D E and take my hand A C#m and i Am the truth F#m D E embrace me and you’ll understand A C#m and i Am the light G D and for me you’ll live again D E F#m for i Am love D E F#m i Am love A D D E A i , i Am love